Recording-machine.



No. 825,3 B. PATENTED JULY 10, 1906. P. J. DARLINGTUN.

RECORDING MAGHNE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.7,1904.

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P. J. DRLINGTON. RERDNG MACHINE.

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P. J. DARLINGTON. RECORDING MACHINE.

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To @ZZ whom, it may concern: s 1 -Be it known that I, IiiiLir J. DARLINGToN, a'vcitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, inthe county ofCook and State of'Illinoia-.have invented a certain newand use- 'urrn sragperrirnnr ortica PHILIP J. DARLINGTON,

fullmprovement in `Ftecording-lVIachines, of

.which they following is a full, clear, concise,

and` exact description.

My invention relates to lautomatic mech- .anismfforrecording numbers ory other similar `distinguishingunarks jwhich'are placed upon cards tickets, or the like, my invention being.

fespecially useful in connection with WorkmenstimeLrecordei'sgfor the purpose of automatically and' accurately identifying the :Workman and the nature'oi the Work being v ldoneby him in addition to recording the time spent on such Work. f

`teurequire him'to keep a record `It is a commonvpractice in large Workshops f 2.o

toissue .to .each Workman an operationticket for. each piece ot Work l of the time 'spent on each such job, this record being used as a fbasis for computing the shop cost of the 'work,as Well as the workmans compensation.`. `It has been customary for the Work man toimake this record upon a daily timereport, Which is handed in each day, the ref' port showing the name or number of the 3.0:

viorkman, the number or other identification f: thejob, .and-.the time spent. It has been ifound,... however, that much `confusion \and rloss'has occurred owing .to mistakes in trans- `'f.fscr.ibing the numbers 0r other data upon the `time-report, .as Well as to inaccuracies in keeping accountfof time.

i By alseries of inventions which I Wish to atentl have endeavored to perfecta system s yywhichan accurate record may be kept oi 'the `time spent by each workman upon each y 'i jobgnvfithout relyingupon the memory, hon- ;,esty, or care of. the workman and Without w 'loss'o'ltimc. This system involves the use of theyoperation-ticket `given to the Workman 4.5 fiore-vachj'ob assigned and the daily time-re- I oitfwhicli isglianded in each day until the `)ob.isiinished, the Workman beingrequired =t,o' return each ticket before another is given7 4o hiin,'and, iur-ther, involves the vuse* of al i machinewv/hich Will'automatically transfer to blanl' imc-card, the` job number and Workiiiibeiborne by the operation-ticket,

specificati@ of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1904. Serial No. 235,850.-

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time-card when the latter is stamped, said niachine also recording upon such time-card the time when the machine is operated. Thus the time-card will be inserted in the machine and stamped once when the Work is commenced and again When it is stopped, the presence of the operation-ticket being necessary in each case to control the identifica'- tion-marks placed upon the time-card. No care or thought is required 'ojn the part of the Workman, error in transcribing the numbers is rendered impossible, and the record is made instantly Witliout loss of time.

The present invention relates to the re cording-machinetlie preferred form of which Will be described in detail by reference to the 'accompanyin drawings,l and in the. append ed claims I Wi l point out the parts, improvements, and combinations considered to be novel. .l

Figure l showsthe recording-machine in sectional elevation'. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View on'line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. i is asimilar plan view on line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the operating-handle- Fig. 6 'is a detail plan view of a sliding bary by which the time-recording punches are o verse sectiona '7 7 oi Fig. 2.

The same reference-letters designate the same parts Wherever used.

The machine illustrated is intended to' punch a series of holes in a daily time-card, which holes by their relative positions Jvill indicate the sijcrkmans number, the job number, and the time of starting or stopping work. The time-indicating mechanism is distinct from thenumbering or identifying mechanism, and the form of either mechanism mayy other, although I prefer to arrange both mechanisms in the manner illustrated to be operated'simultaneously by the handle a.

The time-card t isintended to be inserted in the machine through a horizontal slit l) in the side` thereof, and when in place said card .rests uponia bed-plate` c, which is provided with perforations or die-holes registering with the punches L- 72 hereinafter to be described.

Atithe bottom of the' time-card is a time- View of the machine on line be varied without` affectingl .the

ei'ated', and Fig.4 7 is a trans- IOO scale'or series ot lines which may be marked ofi', as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to indicate, say, ten hours time, and a traveling punch or., preferably, a pair of punches d d is arranged to be moved over this hour-scale by suitable timecontrolled mechanism, which is started, Yfor example, at seven oclock in the morning, arrested tor an hour at noon, and iin ally stopped at six oclock in the evening. vW henever the traveling punch is operated during the Working day, therelore, the position of the punch-niark upon the time-scale Will indicate the time of such o eration. By providing 'tivo punches trave ing together in parallel paths and arranging said punches to be selectively operated a distinction may be made between the punch-marks indicating starting" and those indicating stopping Work.

The traveling punch shown consists oli two pins or dies d d, mounted in a suitable carrier d. above the card t and a die-plate portion of said carrier below thel card, having holes registering With said punch-pins, the carrier being arranged to be advanced by a Worm-shaft d2, having screw-thread engagement therewith. Said Worm-shaft is arranged to be turned step by step by a ratchetand-pawl gear d3, which is operated by means of a solenoid d* in the electric circuit of a switch which is periodically closed by clock mechanism (Z5.

ilor operating the punch-pins a lungerplate c 1s arranged to slide vertica ly upon uprights e c and is normally held up by springs e2 e2. Said plate is arranged to be operated by the handle a, actingnpon 'four can i-lcvers a .c which engage said plate near the corners thereof. The handle (1y is adapted to turn and is splined to a vert-ical shaft e, carried by said plunger-plate, said shaft being provided with a crank-pin at the bottom engaging a sliding block c4, interposed -betvveenthe bottom of the plunger-plate and the heads oi' the punch-pins d d. B y turning the handle a in one direction or the other the blockl e* may be brought into operative relation to either one of said punch-pins. Thus when the handle is turned to the point indicated start oneoi' the pins of the timepunch operated when the handle is depressed, and when the handle is turned to thepoint indicated stop the other pin oi' the time-punch is brought into gear.

The time-stamp above described Jforms no part of thepresent invention, but constitutes the subject-matter oi my divisional application', 'Serial No. 285,021, 'filed October 30, 1905.

l come now to a description of the identitying mechanism for transferring to the timecard 'the same number which is borne by the operation-ticket or identihcation-card. This is brought into gear, so to speak, to be card]f (shown in plan' in Figs. 3 and e and in section in F ig. 2) is intended to be placed in the sliding carrier g, and when said carrier is moved in preparatory' to the ope-ration ot the time-stamp said identiiication-card Will control or select the numbering or identification markers which are to operate upon the timecard. As shown in the drawings, said operation-ticket or identiiication-oard f maybe provided With a series of punched holes in delinite relation to indicate numbers. Thus there are on the card seven horizontal lines, each line indicating a digit and each line having ten positions thereon for punch-holes numbered 0 to 9, inclusive. The (irthree lines may be considered as the space lor the workmans number, which may be any number from 0 to 999, and the other four lines may be considered as the space for the job number, which may be any number l The ticket illustratedl from 0 to 9999. is shown as punched with the Worklnans number 371 and thejob number 2590. The function of the machine is to place upon the time-card in addition to the time-marks other distinctive marks corresponding to those upon any identification-card which may be placed in the machine, and, as illustrated, this is accomplished by a series oi" punches corresponding to all thenumber positions on the id entiiication-card, with means for selecting for operation only the individual punches which correspond in position to the punch-marks upon said identificationcard. There are, therefore, seven rows of punch-pins h 7Lv above the space tor the timecard t, with corresponding die-holesi/- h in the bed-plate c,I each ron7 comprising ten punch-pins corresponding to the ten numberspaces upon the horizontal lines of the'eard f.

A longitudinally-movable selecting-arm 7c is provided for each row oi punch-pins between the heads of said pins and the bottom of the plunger-plate c, the h eadvof such arm being enlarged to form a distance block, which when interposed above any punch-pin will transfer the pressure of the descendinrr plunger-plate to that particular pin. lt should be stated that ordinarily the plunger-platewill not descend far enough to operate the punchpins unless such distanceblocks -are interposed to select particular' pins/for operation. The arms c are 'arranged to slide in grooves in the n nder side of the plunger-plate, and

the outer ends of said arms are provided with' lingers which restlupon the surface of the id entiication-cardf placed in the sliding carrier Vhen the carrier is moved in,'said arms ivill not be moved until the ends thereof drop into the holes of said card, whereupon the arm will thereafter be moved in With the movement of the carrier, the result being that When the carrier g is moved clear in the arms 7c will have beep moved to such positions IOO . sharp jblow topper-atel the that the heads thereof rest over and select for op erati on punch-pins h 7i corresp ondin in relative yposition to the holes in the identihcationcard. Nowupon the depression of' theliandle a the punches so -selected will be operated. in addition to the time-puncli for stopping or starting, as the case may be, so that the timecard will be automatically punched not only with the time, but also with the same number as that which appears upon the identitication-card or operation-ticket.

The carrier is preferably provided with a slotted guide-plate m, in which the arms 7c may slide to keep said arms in alinenient with the linesv upon the card where the holes are punched. After the punching operation, which is effected, as above described, by depressing the handle a, the carrier will be returned to its normal position, drawing with it the selecting-armstk. The ends of the fingers upon said arms` are beveled, so that in the return movement'foi the carrierthe fingers may easily rise out ef the holes in the identification-card. Whenthe carrier has been returned to its normalposition, both cards may'be removed.

l Thef'operation-ticketr or,- indentiicationcard-is of course punched by' any suitable means when it is handed to the workman, and

hekeepsthis as an identification of the work upon which he is engaged `until such work is iinished. vWhenever the work is'started,f`a

I blank timp-card is placed in the recording.- i-Inachine, together with vthe',.identificationcard, the handle 'of the `machine isturned "to the start position,A the carrier containing the identification-card is pushed 'in to bring into gear the punches which correspond in position to4 the'holes-in :the identificationf card, and' the handle-is- '.heii depressed by a punches so selected and alsorto. operatethat one of the pair of ti'rnehanches which indicates start- 'ingtime Both-cards are then -removed (the carrier having lbeen returned to normal position) and kept by the workman until work is stopped, whereupon they are again insertedfin'the machmefand the stopping time punched in asimilar manner. the work takes more than a single day, a separate timecard will-be handed in each evening, and this card will always correctly identify the work, because the punch-marks on the operationticket will be automatically duplicated. The

time-card will also show both the time of 'Il jstarting and the time of stopping work, from which the'elapsed time may easily be calculated. f

It will be understood that in order to distinguish between the marks indicating start- .ing and those indicating stopping time anyhdifierential marking mechanism may be provided. There need not necessarily be two separate marking devices it other differentiating means is provided.

It will be seen that the identifyingl punchmarks upon the time-card will always be in exact positions, even though there may be slight inaccuracies in the placing ol the marks upon the operation-ticket, because the selecting-arm 7c need only be in approximately accurate position to operate any given punch, the punch itself being fixed. The system oi time-keeping which is thus made possible by this invention possesses great advantages. 1t requires the least possible time of the workman, it insures the accuracy ol the time-card numbers to correspond with those upon the operation-ticket, and it makesit possible to sort the tiine-cards mechanically by means of devices which are governed by the positions of the holes, so that all the time-cards for a given operation may be easily collected. By making anote upon the operation-ticket every time a service or time card is given out a register of all the service-cards issued for have been lost or, if lost, they may be easily traced. When it is believed thatall servicecards for this ticket and this ticket only have beencollected, the presence of another servicecard can be instantly detected by holding the bunch of cards up to the light and noting whether the punched holes are open through the entire bundle.

' It will be understood that my invention is capable of many modifications without departing from the general ideas herein setforth and that it is capable of advantageous use in other ways and .tor otherpurposes than those specically set forth herein.-

I Claim-- l. In a recording-machine, the combina-I tion with va number of recording-markers, yarranged in separate sets, of selectors, one for each set, said selectors being adapted to be adjusted by a movable identiiication-card to select for operation any of the markers of their corresponding sets, v

2. In a recording-machine, the combination with a number of rows of recordingmarkers, of selectors, one for each row, said selectors being adapted to be adjusted ailing tion-card movable edgewise and having disL movement of the card to carry said selectors to distinctive positions of adjustment corresponding to the location of said engaging portions, whereby corresponding markers from the several rows are selected, and means -or operating the selected marker.

3. The combination with'a number of rows of punch-pins for marking a record-card, of a selecting-firmer for each row of unchins i o c v 1 their corresponding rows ,byl an identificatthat ticket is thus available, so that ac- .i countants may he sure that no service-cards IOO tinctive engaging portions adapted in the` devices, et a reciprocating vmovable selector adapted to be aditistefl by said fingers being adapted to be caught b v distinctive engaging portions ol a movable identiiicatioii-card and carried along therewith to make operative corresponding puncii- 1 liirali i'.

record-card, of' a reciproca-ting` card-receiver i tor an identiilcatioii-cariil, sind card having ad ai i oienings therein, selectii'igi devices to engavc sind openings and be ino'veii b3" the i card to render operative the marking devices f corresponding to tbc openings i. si 'd card, and means for siinultaneouslyv artiiai'iii Y- insrkiiig devices selected. i

. in n recordiiig-iimcliiiie,

the coinliiiiintion with iiizirking (lerici-is iidiipteil to eiigage a record-card, ol :i reciprocntiiig sardcarrier adapted to receive :i punched identification-card, sliding selector-mins adapted to be engaged by the said card in the movement oi receiver, said selectors moving with tlie card to select marking devicescorresponding to the punched portions in said card, and means toi' act. iating' the marking devices so sell-eind to punch the recordard to correspond with tlie identiliifatior-card.

H i recording-iiiiicliine, the eoiiibiii-ai liii it tion with a plurality olf' marking devices l'or a record-card, of selectors adapted to be oper-` ated by an 'identication-card to move over i said marking devices to the ones co respondrl ing to the marks on said identiiication-card,

and means for operat' the marking devices so selected.

8. The combination ivitli a ro vf oi marking plunger,` and :i

a movable iilentilication-card between said plunger and any one of the niarkingldevices ol' said row, to render operative siicli niarking devices.

Y9. in a reeordiiig-niacliine, the i'oiiibinaf.

tion with a niiiiibcr ol` marking devil-,es :ir-

ranged iii sets7 ol'V a selector for erich iiioved by an idcntiiication-card to make operative a distinctive one ot the marking ciprocatiiig plunger adapted to operate marking devices so inade operative.

instance-piece for cach row ol" punches punched portions ol i l l i l i l i l in ai'ker i l i oi marking devi es adapted to be engaged and @asses and any oi"l the punches of that row, an means controlled by an identiiiczition-card "for moving said distance-pieces to distinctive esilio-ns of ailjustment along their respeci l, The combination with a card-receiver and rows of punch-pins maintained in posiove. the saine, the bed-plate of said die-holes registering with said iliu'iich-pins, a vertically-movable plunger-plate above the head ot said punchpins, distance-pieces adapted to be adj usted between sii-id plunger-plate and said punchpins a receiver for an identi'lication-card, sc

lcctii fingers for adjusting said distancei pieces adapted to be engaged by openings in l l said identiiiciition-card, means 'for producing movement oi: said caidto engage said selecting-iingi-zrs in the respective openings therein', l said vFingers being adapted to be moved under ilie control oi said card to adjust thedisl tance-pieces in operative relation to punchl pins ci'irrcsponding to the respective locations l oi seid openings.

l2. in a recording-iiiacliine, the combination .vitha time-stamp, of means for reprodiiciiig tbe marks of an identification-card thereon.

lli. ln a recording-machine, the combination with a time-stamp adapted to stamp the l linie upon a time-card, a selector adapted .to be engaged 'by an identification-card, a cor- 1: pending distinctive identification-marker .nnide operative bv said selector in its operaticir, :uid ine-ans for simultiineousl)r operating the time stamp and marker, to" mark said linie-card.

l-i. ln a reeording-macliine, the coii'ibinaiion with a time-marker adapted to ina-rk a tiino-ri-:cord blank, of a plurality of identitication-markers, selet-,ting-iingers adapted to be engaged by distinctive openings, in an idenli'licaiion-card, means controlled by said I fingers l'or determining the operation of corresponding identi iicai'i "iii-markers and means tor simultaneously i ctuating the timeand the selected identificationmarkers; whereby the time-record isinarked to correspond with the openings in said identi'heaiien-card. i5. llie combination with selector-fingers i, adapted fro be caught by distinctive engaging i portions of an ideiitiiicatioii-caid movable edges and carried along by said card in the movement thereof to a corresponding l distinctive position of adjustment, markin i mechanism governed by the adjustment o l said selector-fingers, and means for operating i said marking mechanism. l

i6. The combination With a pliirality of marking devices, of selector-fingers adapte i to be caught by punched portions of an idenliipon a time-card in stamping the time' adapted to be adjusted between said plunger 6 lOO llO

tcat'iomcard movable edgewise, and to 'be moved by said card to render oporatvo markingdevioes con'esponding to the punched poltio'ns in Said identicaiion-c ard, and moan s for operating the seeomd nmrkiug www 17. In o recording-maChino7 tho combina 131011 Wlth 'means adapted to roproduoo 11pm".

a reoord-oa1d the marks upon am dsutoa Elon-Card, o means i'or snnulmueously marks ing ille time on 1'eco-"dca1d in repro 1o d'ucng' said marks thereon.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my nimm this 3d day of December, A. D.

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PHLLIP J. DARLNGTON.. Witness s:

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